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Chauhan (surname)
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Chauhan or Chouhan (also known as Chahamana) is an Agnivanshi Rajput clan of India[1][2][3] that ruled major parts of Northern India, specially Delhi after the Tomara Rajput dynasty. [4]
In the modern times, the Chauhan surname was adopted by various other castes to lift their social status such as,[5][6] Bhil,[7] Dhobi,[8] Lonia,[9] Orh Ror, Pateliya[10] caste groups found in the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Bihar.[11]
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Notable people
- Anil Chauhan
- Phagu Chauhan
- Dara Singh Chauhan
- Sanjay Singh Chauhan
- Anshul Chauhan
- Anuja Chauhan
- Ashok Chavan
- Bahadur Singh Chauhan
- Charlie Chauhan
- Chetan Chauhan
- Gajendra Chauhan
- Gogaji Chauhan
- Hammir Dev Chauhan, King of Ranthambore
- Jagjit Singh Chauhan
- Maneet Chauhan
- Mohit Chauhan
- Prabhu Chauhan
- Prithviraj Chauhan, King of Delhi
- Prithviraj Chavan
- Rajesh Chauhan
- Rajkumar Chauhan
- Ravi Chauhan
- Rohit Jugraj Chauhan
- Sanjay Chauhan (politician), mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation
- Sanjay Singh Chauhan (born 1961), Gujjar leader
- Sanjay Chauhan (screenwriter) (born 1962), Indian screenwriter
- Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan (born 1975), Indian film director and screenwriter
- Sahab Singh Chauhan
- Captain Sanjay Chauhan, Indian soldier
- Shivraj Singh Chauhan
- Sonal Chauhan
- Sonika Chauhan
- Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
- Sunidhi Chauhan
- Vikram Singh Chauhan
- Hemant Chauhan
- Ian Dev Singh Chauhan
- Aditi Chauhan
- Siddharth Chauhan
- Neha Chauhan
- Devesh Chauhan
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See also
- Chuhandanda, Nepalese village named after Kshetri Chuhans
Ram Shanker Singh chauhan
References
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